The Magic Stick Of Manitu
Episode 1304
Original Air Date: March 19, 1982
An interstellar diplomat travels to a remote planet with her boss to establish relations with a people whose primary resource is music. The diplomat is immediately enchanted by the music; her boss looks for ways to exploit the people and their planet.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Keir Dullea, Marian Seldes, Sam Gray
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **1/2
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Showing posts with label Victoria Dann. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
1299 First Impressions
First Impressions
Episode 1299
Original Air Date: March 8, 1982
A detective travels on an airliner with a woman extradited from another state after jumping bail on the murder of her husband. The woman convinces the detective that she did not do it. The detective enters the case and finds several odd inconsistencies in everyone's story.
Cast: Teri Keane, Carol Teitel, Mandel Kramer
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
Episode 1299
Original Air Date: March 8, 1982
A detective travels on an airliner with a woman extradited from another state after jumping bail on the murder of her husband. The woman convinces the detective that she did not do it. The detective enters the case and finds several odd inconsistencies in everyone's story.
Cast: Teri Keane, Carol Teitel, Mandel Kramer
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
Friday, April 20, 2012
1208 Stranded
Stranded
Episode 1208
Original Air Date: June 8, 1981
Two astronauts exploring a neighboring solar system are struck by a asteroid and forced to land on an inhabited planet. They are greeted by an intelligent race who tells them their arrival has brought the planet to near war.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Gordon Gould, Bernard Grant
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***1/2
Episode 1208
Original Air Date: June 8, 1981
Two astronauts exploring a neighboring solar system are struck by a asteroid and forced to land on an inhabited planet. They are greeted by an intelligent race who tells them their arrival has brought the planet to near war.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Gordon Gould, Bernard Grant
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***1/2
1202 The Innocent Face
The Innocent Face
Episode 1202
Original Air Date: May 25, 1981
An Arkansas farm girl moves to California and falls hard for a gambler and swindler. She eventually gets more than she asks for on a trip to Mexico bo buy a "pinata".
Cast: Paul Hecht, Ian Martin, Evie Juster, Roberta Maxwell
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **1/2
Episode 1202
Original Air Date: May 25, 1981
An Arkansas farm girl moves to California and falls hard for a gambler and swindler. She eventually gets more than she asks for on a trip to Mexico bo buy a "pinata".
Cast: Paul Hecht, Ian Martin, Evie Juster, Roberta Maxwell
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **1/2
Sunday, February 12, 2012
0904 The Man In Black
The Man In Black
Episode 0904
Original Air Date: October 11, 1978
A woman witnesses a murder near the embassies in Washington, D.C. When the police arrive, all evidence of the murder has vanished. She finds herself at the center of international intrigue and doesn't know who to trust.
Cast: Kim Hunter, Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
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Episode 0904
Original Air Date: October 11, 1978
A woman witnesses a murder near the embassies in Washington, D.C. When the police arrive, all evidence of the murder has vanished. She finds herself at the center of international intrigue and doesn't know who to trust.
Cast: Kim Hunter, Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
0861 Sound Advice
Sound Advice
Episode 0861
Original Air Date: July 10, 1978
An advice columnist explores the death of a fan who may have taken her advice and died for it.
Cast: Carol Teitel, Cort Benson, Arnold Moss, Martha Greenhouse
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **
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Episode 0861
Original Air Date: July 10, 1978
An advice columnist explores the death of a fan who may have taken her advice and died for it.
Cast: Carol Teitel, Cort Benson, Arnold Moss, Martha Greenhouse
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
0779 All Unregistered Aliens
All Unregistered Aliens
Episode 0779
Original Air Date: February 9, 1978
All illegal immigrants might not be what they seem like! A female doctor discovers this to her cost as she treats a wounded one, but his body vanishes after his death. And it is not a cheap trick to fool the immigration department as she suspects...
Cast: Cort Benson, Earl Hammond, Ann Williams,
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **
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Episode 0779
Original Air Date: February 9, 1978
All illegal immigrants might not be what they seem like! A female doctor discovers this to her cost as she treats a wounded one, but his body vanishes after his death. And it is not a cheap trick to fool the immigration department as she suspects...
Cast: Cort Benson, Earl Hammond, Ann Williams,
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **
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0759 The Ghosts Of Yesterday
The Ghosts Of Yesterday
Episode 0759
Original Air Date: December 26, 1977
A middle-aged socialite's world is rocked when a Nazi hunter asks her to identify the man who butchered her family and entire village in a wartime slaughter. She is afraid her less than blue-blood past will hurt her social standing.
Cast: Teri Keane, Russell Horton, Mandel Kramer, Leon Janney
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ****
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Episode 0759
Original Air Date: December 26, 1977
A middle-aged socialite's world is rocked when a Nazi hunter asks her to identify the man who butchered her family and entire village in a wartime slaughter. She is afraid her less than blue-blood past will hurt her social standing.
Cast: Teri Keane, Russell Horton, Mandel Kramer, Leon Janney
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ****
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
0741 A Point In Time
A Point In Time
Episode 0741
Original Air Date: November 15, 1977
In the year 2057, the North American continent is a totalitarian state run by a vicious leader. An elderly scientist and his sister concoct a plan to change the leader's past and make him a humane man.
Cast: Jackson Beck, Norman Rose, Ralph Bell, Evie Juster
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
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Episode 0741
Original Air Date: November 15, 1977
In the year 2057, the North American continent is a totalitarian state run by a vicious leader. An elderly scientist and his sister concoct a plan to change the leader's past and make him a humane man.
Cast: Jackson Beck, Norman Rose, Ralph Bell, Evie Juster
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
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Monday, January 9, 2012
0726 The Island On Silver Tree Lake
The Island On Silver Tree Lake
Episode 0726
Original Air Date: October 19, 1977
After wrecking her car on a deserted country road, a woman hitches a short ride on a boat to an island resort on a lake. That island has an unusual name and she finds herself in unusual circumstances.
Cast: Lloyd Batista, Teri Keane, Earl Hammond, Patricia Elliot
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
Commercials: Buick Century, CBS Radio Adventure Theater, Preparation H, "The Best Place to Be" paperback book, Tru Value Hardware, CARE, Kraft Carmel, Amateur Radio League,
Episode 0726
Original Air Date: October 19, 1977
After wrecking her car on a deserted country road, a woman hitches a short ride on a boat to an island resort on a lake. That island has an unusual name and she finds herself in unusual circumstances.
Cast: Lloyd Batista, Teri Keane, Earl Hammond, Patricia Elliot
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
Commercials: Buick Century, CBS Radio Adventure Theater, Preparation H, "The Best Place to Be" paperback book, Tru Value Hardware, CARE, Kraft Carmel, Amateur Radio League,
Sunday, January 1, 2012
0710 Death On Project X
Death On Project X
Episode 0710
Original Air Date: September 16, 1977
A government inspector is sent to a weapons manufacturing facility to inspect them for efficiency. There, he encounters a seemingly insane scientist who tells him that the scientists have developed the ultimate weapon -- and plan to use it.
Cast: Larry Haines, Robert Dryden, Catherine Byers, Cort Benson
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***1/2
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Episode 0710
Original Air Date: September 16, 1977
A government inspector is sent to a weapons manufacturing facility to inspect them for efficiency. There, he encounters a seemingly insane scientist who tells him that the scientists have developed the ultimate weapon -- and plan to use it.
Cast: Larry Haines, Robert Dryden, Catherine Byers, Cort Benson
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***1/2
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Commercials: Disabled children
Saturday, December 24, 2011
0698 Return To Pompeii
Return To Pompeii
Episode 0698
Original Air Date: August 22, 1977
An American widow tours Italy with her colleague. When their tour bus breaks down, they are forced to walk to Pompeii. There, the widow has a strange dream.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Patricia Elliot, Marian Seldes, Larry Haines
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
Episode 0698
Original Air Date: August 22, 1977
An American widow tours Italy with her colleague. When their tour bus breaks down, they are forced to walk to Pompeii. There, the widow has a strange dream.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Patricia Elliot, Marian Seldes, Larry Haines
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
Saturday, November 19, 2011
0664 First Woman In Space

First Woman In Space
Episode 0664
Original Air Date: June 13, 1977
The first woman in space returns to the planet with an alien living within her -- an alien that will fight her for control of her body and survival in her new environment.
Cast: Hans Conreid, Lloyd Batista, Phyllis Newman, Marian Seldes
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
0244 The Deadly Double

The Deadly Double
Episode 0244
Original Air Date: March 24, 1975
A woman escapes from a mental institution and is able to take over the life of her twin while relegating her twin to the mental institution. But can she keep up appearances with her sister's boyfriend and the police while her twin desperately tries to convince doctors she is the sane twin.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Marian Seldes, Leon Janney
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: ***
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